(19)
(11) EP 1 947 514 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.12.2010 Bulletin 2010/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/30

(21) Application number: 08000794.1

(22) Date of filing: 16.01.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G03F 7/32(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 17.01.2007 JP 2007008020
07.09.2007 JP 2007232773

(71) Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
Minato-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Inno, Toshifumi
    Haibara-gun Shizuoka (JP)
  • Adachi, Keiichi
    Haibara-gun Shizuoka (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastraße 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

   


(54) Method for preparation of lithographic printing plate


(57) A method for preparation of a lithographic printing plate comprising exposing with a laser a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support and a photosensitive layer containing (A) a sensitizing dye, (B) a radical polymerization initiator, (C) a radical polymerizable compound and (D) a binder polymer and subjecting the exposed lithographic printing plate precursor to development processing with a developer having pH of 3 to 9 to remove an unexposed area of the photosensitive layer, wherein the binder polymer is a polymer having an acid value of 10 to 250 mg-KOH/g and the developer contains a specific surfactant.





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